Below are links to websites outside Kurumi.com that discuss roads in Connecticut.
For links inside Kurumi.com, see the main page.
For a broader road-related directory (not just Connecticut), see
the Open Directory Project:
Roads and Highways.
Link categories:
DOT -
Projects -
Advocacy -
Maps -
RPA's -
Other agencies -
Fellow CT road enthusiasts -
Essays -
Local History
Connecticut Department of Transportation (ConnDOT)
- ConnDOT Home: Links to traffic cams, construction
information, department directory and more. This site was reorganized in Nov. 2003,
after a summer of being mostly dormant. Internal links and highlights to come later.
Project sites
Official sites, from either government agencies or engineering firms.
For more information, visit my page for the highway you're interested in.
- I-95 New Haven (requires Flash): Information and
photos concerning the planned I-95 improvements from West Haven to Branford, including a new
10-lane bridge over the Quinnipiac River and a modernized interchange at I-91 and Route 34.
- Bridgeport Corridor: Several projects
on I-95 in Bridgeport.
- I-95 Southeast CT Feasibility Study: from Branford to Rhode Island;
studying widening, interchange redesign, other alternatives.
- New Britain - Hartford Busway: Environmental
Impact Statement (EIS) and other information for a proposed off-street commuter busway
in the I-84 corridor.
Advocacy sites
I realize the DOT and engineers can have agendas as well; I use the term
"advocacy" not to editorialize or single out, but to group interested parties
outside the government and its agencies.
Listed are business and citizen groups for or against particular highways -- most
of them proposed expressways.
Maps
- UConn Library Map & Geographic Information Center:
Growing collection of historical scanned maps and GIS information. You'll need to have
proprietary software to view much of the GIS info.
- Historical USGS maps:
of Connecticut towns, at the University of New Hampshire's Dimond Library.
(Other New England states are served as well.)
Complete set of scans for c. 1945 and c. 1952 USGS topographic maps,
great for showing intersection and route detail. Scans are huge, though; about 2 MB each.
Regional Planning Agencies (RPA's)
Connecticut has about 15 RPA's, but not all have websites, and not all have much
highway content. Here are the interesting ones:
Other Official Agencies
"Roadgeeks": other road enthusiasts
- Nutmeg Roads
(Owen McGaughey): Exit lists, photos, construction updates, and more goodies Coming Soon.
- Strange Connecticut Roads
(Michael Stella): Comments, photos and diagrams concerning some unbuilt CT highways.
- Connecticut Virtual Highways
(Phil Viger): Sign photos at every interchange and intersection for several Connecticut highways.
- Connecticut: Highways to Nowhere: (Greg Amy)
Aerial photos of several Connecticut highways (and their abrupt termini),
from the cockpit of Greg's single-engine Grumman Tiger.
- My Pet Peeve: CT State Route Markers!
Chris Pelizari's proposal for a more consistent, visually appealing style of state route marker.
- nycroads.com: Steve Anderson's site includes
built and unbuilt Connecticut expressways. His strengths are detailed narratives and photos.
- GribbleNation: Connecticut Roadtrips:
Photos along several Connecticut highways, by Doug Kerr.
- GribbleNation: Submitted Photos:
Photos sent in by fellow roadgeeks; includes signs in Hartford and Berlin.
- GribbleNation: CT Ends (Doug Kerr):
Sign photos at the endpoints of selected state routes.
- New England Turnpikes (Tripod):
"Shady" Jay Hogan's site has real exit lists, "mock" exit lists (his proposals for reconfiguring
some highways), sign photos, and commentary.
- I-84 overhaul (Angelfire):
Mike Petrucci discusses the proposed improvements to I-84 in Danbury: two extra lanes, and
revisions to nearly every interchange. Includes map scans from the Danbury News-Times.
- Neilbert.com (Tripod): Neil Kelly provides exit lists for
most Connecticut freeways, photos of the diverse phylum of state highway marker signs,
and commentary on the late 1998 speed limit increases.
- Connecticut Turnpike page, by
"T466," includes photos of original signs, tollbooths, and other memorabilia.
- The American Wandering
Sequential Hiway ID Tour ("AWSHIDT") is a novel way for motorcyclists to decide where to
ride -- take a picture with your bike in front of markers for each route number from 1 through 99.
To make things more fun, the 5's and 10's are US routes, requiring transcontinental rides.
The riders at this link have chosen several Connecticut routes.
Outside Articles and Essays
- Thread City Crossing
(threadcity.com): History of the "Frog Bridge" (SR 601, to be replaced) in Willimantic
- From Here To There:
Transcript of documentary program that aired on Connecticut Public Television in 1998.
Discusses history of state highway planning, especially in Fairfield county. Produced by
SimonPure Productions.
- Front Door Follies:
New Haven Advocate (alternative newsweekly) discusses history of urban renewal in New Haven,
and current plans.
- Crossing the Connecticut:
Charles M. Pickett essay on Connecticut River crossings.
(Unfortunately, this site is gone! If it turns up somewhere, please let me know!)
Local History
Most of these sites discuss early roads in a single town, from the 1930s, the turnpike
era, or even earlier.
